MSc ACS: Semantic Technologies

Overview:

Semantic Technologies is a relatively new term that describes all areas concerned with using and developing software and methodologies for meaning-centered manipulation of information. The aim is to provide software and methodologies so that web resources, data in databases and raw data associated with programs can be processed and manipulated in a more intelligent way.  This requires storing, understanding, manipulating and reasoning about the meaning of the data.  Semantic technologies are increasingly being used in such varied applications as the semantic web, health care and biomedical domains, the life sciences, software/hardware industries, and the automotive industry.

The Semantic Technologies pathway combines themes such as 'Data on the Web' with 'Ontology Engineering and Automated Reasoning'. These core offerings can be combined with any other theme. Good complimentary themes are Data Engineering, Managing Data, Learning from Data, Security and Software Engineering.